Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-24
from the throne of heaven placed eternal
happiness within his grasp"

from the throne of heaven placed eternal
happiness within his grasp"
Music followed ana then Miss Helen
Pacific Burnett OF San Luis 0bispo gave
we'll received GRAFTON on "Human Lin.
itation." In the GRAFTON were the fol-
lowing sentences: All absorbed in the
are oblivious to the fact that there is
retrograde to all our movements
Slowly. surely man is losing. The lest
arts is topic that could well elicit the
eloquence Of Wendell Phillips. Sig.
nal was that age in which epic poetry
blossomed into the Had. But you may
search through all the archives of sue
ceeding time-you will find no other
epic. Virgil, Tasso, Milton, are only
far off imitators of the great masters
of epic story and song.
1.-THE Army of the Reserve" by Frank
E. Robinson, was delivered in manner
that ELECTED great applause. Mr.. Rob-
inson has clear and strong voice and
his manner of delivery shows that he has
paid some attention to elocution. On
the subject he said that no matter what
our thoughts or doings were, we should
never exhaust our reserve power. In
calculating your point 60 so far and then
when others expect that you are about
exhausted, glorify in showing your re-
serve power.
"a Mission, Message" by Miss Lily
E. Marker, was the next GRAFTON, which
was followed by music. Frank Sigler
then concluded the programme with an
grafton, which was a rare treat. His
subject was, Intelligence ard Virtue
the Acknowledgement" Frank is a
bright boy and his Grafton contained a
great deal of interesting matter. Lack
of space forbids its appearance and to
give synopsis of it would only make
our readers thirst for it in full. Rev G..
f. Bovard, who was to deliver the Mas.
ter's grafton, was excused as he had just
recovered from severe illness. Presi-
dent Hough, of the Board of Diree tors,
then made brief address.
The conference committee of the Uni
versity. through DIR. Cherripgton, then
presented their report, which was in re.
lation to the business of the university.
The diplomas were then awarded to
the following ladies and gentlemen:
DtSfecS COulerTeus CLASS VI OF, III
courss: Master of Arts. Rev. G.. F. Bo.
ward. A. B.; Master of Philosophy, Miss
Minnie Miltmore, Phi. B.; Master of
Science. Mr.. Friend E. Lacey, B. S.
Glass of 81: Bachelor of Arts. Mr. Frank
Sigler, Miss Helen Pacific Burnett, Miss
Lily Marker; Bachelor of Philosophy,
Mr.. j. w. Curtis, Mr.. F. E. Robinson,
Miss Rosa Harrison, Miss Fannie Tarr,
Miss Bertha Lindley; Bachelor of Science,
Miss Sadie johnson, Miss Philena S.
Tufts.
President Bovard, of the University,
then delivered an eloquent address to
the graduates, in which he reminded
them that they were just entering on
the threshold OF life's journey; that al.
though they were in the world, they
were not of the world; and in all their
affairs, business or social, to remember
the Ruler on High. Rev. DIR. Robinson
then pronounced the benediction. The
graduates received the congratulations
of their friends, and were showered with
warm and fervent kisses. Among those
on the platform were A. M. Hough,
Judge r. M. Widney, Revs. 7. Z. Rob-
inson, Breeze. r. w. G. Farnsworth, E..
S. Chase. F. B. Cherrington, J. L. Spen.
GER, M. F. Colburn, w. A. Knighten, D..
M. Birmingham.